Great weekend!

Well, we had a great weekend! Saturday morning at Willow Beach Park. Kids playing in the sand. Sunday morning at Thetis Lake Beach. More playing in the sand. So much playing that I completely forgot to pull out the camera and take pictures! Next time!

Back to work at last!

I am about to finish my first week at the new job. I was thrilled to land a position with the Faculty of Law at UVic that was not a step down from my previous position at the University of Manitoba. I had taken to applying for clerk and receptionist type positions and had signed up with a temp agency just to get myself into the workforce. I'm extremely grateful not to have needed those steps in the end.

Going into day four tomorrow, I think I have a fairly decent handle on what I'll be doing. I'm sure I'll have many questions along the way, but at this point I'm feeling ready to take it all on!

Having a job makes me a happier person. Even though it means cramming cleaning, making lunches, laundry, grocery shopping, various errands, and family time into a shorter window of time, the quality of that time goes way up when I have a workplace to go to during the day.

It also makes weekends extra special. Last weekend, the long weekend, we went out to Fisherman's Wharf to check out the sights, the wharf, the seals, and the playground. We also took the kids to the pool, which they always love. We went to Playland when it was raining, playgrounds when it wasn't raining, and set up a second water table (this one went on the front patio). We even went for a nice bike ride.

I'm really looking forward to the weather getting warmer so that we can spend more time playing at the beach and outside in general.

Some recent pics...

I'm Baaa-aack!

So it's been awhile since my last post. A lot has happened and nothing has happened. Does that make any sense?!

Erick finished up his semester and then went to China for 2 weeks for school. My parents came for a week visit while he was away. He is now settled into his summer coop position with the government. Hopefully gaining valuable contacts for a future career.

I continue to look for work to no avail. Well, mostly no avail. I'm not yet gainfully employed but I've managed to get a couple of interviews. I've signed on with a temp agency which doesn't pay much, but will hopefully start me on the road to gaining much needed local references.

I'm taking a memoir writing course and am awaiting copies of my grandmother's journals so that I can work on her memoir or biography, depending on what the journals are like (apparently there is a difference between the two!) I'm also thinking of volunteering with the Victoria Writers Society as an editorial assistant. I've written and sent off 2 children's stories to a local publisher. No word yet as it takes a loooooong time to hear back from them.

The kids are both mainly settled into a nearby daycare. Kian is growing up so quickly and keeps telling us that he is 'getting bigger.' Keira is resisting starting to walk. She's taken steps here and there already, but doesn't seem interested in doing more of it.

The weather is starting to warm up and we're having more days without rain. We've filled the water table on the back patio which entertains Kian until the point where he gets too wet or too cold to stay out there. And Keira is happy playing on her own for a surprising amount of time.

I am itching to get back into the workforce and hope it happens REALLY soon!

That's all for now. I will attempt to write more, not because I expect anything exciting to happen, but because I need to keep busy until I'm back to being employed.